Figaro, Downton Abbey style
Well, this is the 2nd outing for ‘Opera Presto’ and so far so great with the rehearsals. It’s a training week for young opera singers in their twenties and we’ve ended up with a cracking cast. I’ve written a narrator’s script this time that allows us to abridge the opera heavily and keep the pace […]
‘Sentenced by the Sun’
This week I wrote a poem that could be used for a song about the sun. It was meant to be joyous but somehow ended up rather melancholic. In the end it wasn’t right for the music, but I thought I’d share it anyway. Interesting how often themes of loss seem to end up in […]